Microreview of Pityriasis versicolor and Malassezia species

Mycopathologia

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 373-376

  Morishita, N ^a   Sei, Y ^b  

^a Miu Skin Clinic   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Malassezia globosa; Mycelial form; Nested PCR; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIOLOGY; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA;

EID: 33845276333     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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